FEEDING STEERS BEET PUDP, ADFADFA AND GRAINS. 9 
ceived no grain also increased in rate of gain in approximately 
the same proportion as did the steers in the lots receiving an in¬ 
crease of grain feed from week to week. So far as can be deter¬ 
mined from the data obtained, the increase in amount of grain 
consumed from week to week after the first five weeks of the ex¬ 
periment resulted only in a slight decrease in the amount of pulp 
consumed and in maintaining a constant consumption of hay, while 
the steers receiving no grain increased in their consumption of 
hay. 
It is difficult to understand why an average daily grain ration 
of 9.6 lbs. fed to a group of fifty steers, in conjunction with beet 
pulp and hay ad libitum , as was the case in the fifth five-weeks, 
would not result in a greater gain than an average daily grain 
ration of five pounds per day with pulp and hay ad libitum , as was 
the case in the second five-week period. The only conclusion 
that can be drawn from this data would seem to be that with an 
abundance of beet pnlp and alfalfa hay at prevailing prices, a 
grain ration of five pounds of either coin or barley and oats will 
result in a greater gain in the early part of a feeding period than 
will be produced with a much larger average grain ration toward 
the close of such period. It should be stated, however, that the 
steers in all of the lots were transferred from one feed yard to an¬ 
other one six miles distant in the early part of the twelfth week 
of the experiment, which 110 doubt accounts in a large measure 
for the small gains made by all the steers during the third five- 
week period. Reference to Table II will show that in the case of 
Rot I, the 50 steers actually lost an average of approximately 13 
pounds each on two weeks feed as a result of the change while 
the steers in I v ot II made a comparatively small gain for this 
same period. While this transfer from one set of yards to an¬ 
other was absolutely necessary owing to the conditions under 
which the experiment was conducted, and was much to be re¬ 
gretted since it had such a marked effect upon the steers, yet it 
serves to show how exceedingly important it is to have feeding 
cattle remain in their accustomed environment. The result in 
this case on one lot of 50 steers was a direct loss of two full 
weeks feed and 645 pounds of live weight. 
The average amount of the different kinds of feed consumed 
daily by each steer is shown in Table III. This data has been 
averaged for each five-week period and for the whole 25 weeks 
over which the experiment extended. 
It will be seen that in the two lots of steers that were fed 
grain, each steer ate on the average 98 pounds of pulp and about 
11 pounds of hay daily, while the steers in Rot III that had no 
grain, ate on the average, 123 pounds of pulp and 12.5 pounds of 
hay daily. 
